Tag: sms
The Constant Evolution of Mobile Devices and How We Use Them
Think Apple’s sending SMS via a computer is new? Think again.
Vodafone make SMS charity donations easy with JustTextGiving
Vodafone have teamed up with JustGiving to launch JustTextGiving, a new service that makes donating to charity via text messages more hassle-free than ever. A free text donation service, JustTextGiving lets charities set up a 6 digit VIC code which…
Couples "three times more likely" to text I LOVE YOU this Valentine's than say it
Got that loving feeling? Well these days you're 3 times more likely to open your heart via text than just opening your mouth and saying it. A poll of 2,137 people aged over 18 in the UK showed that 61%…
Cash-guzzling Android SMS Trojan on the prowl
Security specialists Kapersky Labs have uncovered a new mobile phone virus that could potentially cost Android users a lot of money. The SMS Trojan is found disguised within an unnamed media player app. The questionable file, Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, then sends out…
Swiftkey Android messaging app learns your lingo
If, like me, you find the Android factory messaging keys a bit hit or miss, you may find this new app very interesting indeed. Swiftkey is a messaging application exclusive to Android handsets that can be used as an alternative…
Twitter buy Cloudhopper SMS start-up
Twitter has bought the start-up company Cloudhopper, bagging their SMS infrastructure and specialists. The move will be a boon for Twitter's text messaging service. Twitter has always worn it's SMS roots on its sleeve, with the 140 character limit a…
Farmville headed to the iPad and to Android handsets?
Farmville is thought to be heading to a whole load of mobile platforms, after a string of telling web domains were recently bought up. Domain names farmvilleandroid.com, farmvilleipad.com, farmvilleiphone.com and farmvillesms.com have been discovered by website Superannuation. The domains seem…
Nokia unveil the C6 messaging phone
Nokia have revealed their C6 messaging phone at this morning's Everyone Connect event. It may not be the Nokia N8 Symbian ^3 handset that many believed yesterday's cryptic countdown would unveil, but this QWERTY slider will certainly be worth a…
Texting on the Tube made possible? Teenage inventor builds low-frequency radio for underground communications
We've all been there; on the phone, on the verge of breaking the meaning of life during the daily commute when your train hits a tunnel and your signal cuts out. We can send a man to the moon, but…